Bill
Fair Work Amendment (Terminating Enterprise Agreements) Bill 2017
lapsed, as at 2018-05-22. (s) WILKIE, Andrew, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Andrew Wilkie
- Portfolio
- (s) WILKIE, Andrew, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-09-11
- second reading — 2017-09-11
- other — 2018-05-22
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-09-11.
The bill would make it harder to end an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date.
The Fair Work Commission could not terminate an agreement if doing so would give any covered employee worse pay or conditions.
The bill would also void any termination decision made since 22 April 2015 that would not meet the new requirements.
- Narrows the circumstances for terminating an expired enterprise agreement.
- Prevents the Fair Work Commission from terminating an agreement that would worsen employee terms and conditions.
- Invalidates certain termination decisions made from 22 April 2015 onward.
Employers and employees covered by enterprise agreements, and the Fair Work Commission.
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